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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) An ice skater.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A swing.
(d) A ball being thrown.

2. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Rolling."
(b) "Level."
(c) "Air."
(d) "Him."

3. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Assonance and euphony.
(b) Personification and consonance.
(c) Consonance and assonance.
(d) Euphony and personification.

4. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(d) Christina Rossetti.

5. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Slant.
(d) Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

2. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

3. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?

4. What is the common name of the titular bird?

5. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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